Middle School Student to Compete at State Level

A Pine-Richland Middle School sixth grader will compete at the National History Day State Competition at Penn State University on May 16-17, 2007.

William Lazar earned second place in the Junior Individual Website category at the National History Day Competition on March 24, 2007 at the Heinz History Center in Downtown Pittsburgh.

Teacher Leah Reddinger says the website category was new this year.  Lazar’s website was based on the Battle of Stalingrad. 

In all, 500 children competed in several different categories including: performance, documentary, exhibits and research papers. 

“The goal of this competition was for students to choose a topic in history to research and display how the topic related to this year's theme ‘Triumph and Tragedy," said Reddinger.